Interested in switching to Alga?

[Tenzer]

Hi there. I have helped a bit with the maintenance of LGWebOSRemote but ended up writing my own alternative from scratch named Alga.

Among the reasons for making an alternative was to use a websocket library that is actively maintained, as ws4py which is used by LGWebOSRemote hasn't had a release since 2018.

I've noticed there's been a fair number of issues reported around LGWebOSRemote in relation to this project, and I wonder if they would have a better experience if it instead switched to using alga.

I am not a Hammerspoon user myself, so I might not be the best person to try it out. I've had a quick look through lgtv_init.lua and I think most commands have equivalent versions in alga.

Is this something you would be interested in trying out? I could perhaps make a PR with some rough changes so it can be tested out?

[cmer]

Yeah this is interesting! LGWebOSRemote hasn't been the easiest to work with.

I really wish there was a native binary we could use instead of having to rely on installing Python and other dependencies. Is this something you'd consider working on?

[Tenzer]

I've had a look at this and think it should be possible to distribute a file created by PyApp. It's a binary file that would download Python and Alga on the first run and offers support for updating Alga via a command when new versions become available.

I'll try to find more time to get it integrated with the release workflow, and let you know when I have something ready to test.

[cmer]

Awesome thank you! It'd make it easier for people to install my script. The hardest part for people is typically the Python stuff and dependencies.

[cmer]

Hey @Tenzer, have you been able to make any progress on this? Thanks!

[Tenzer]

Hi. I did start work on in, but I haven't found the time to complete it: Tenzer/alga#65. I haven't forgotten about it though!

[cmer]

I just released a completely revamped version that uses bscpylgtv. I turned it into a portable executable. Therefore, I will not be switching to alga.